Quote from: miniZ on June 18, 2021, 11:03:11 PM

Quote from: rainbowminer on June 17, 2021, 09:56:52 AM

@miniZ: Could you please explain the stratum/stratum1/stratum2 differences? Which is targeted for which of the different Ethash connection modes (stratum/ethproxy/qtminer/..) ? And last question: how to deal with SSL connection and the stratum1/stratum2?

Thank you in advance for your answers!

Hi rainbowminer,

Unfortunately there is no standard for the ethereum stratum protocol, we found that there were at least five different ethereum stratum protocols. Unless the pool is on some "magic" list, when the miner is connecting to the mining pool it is impossible for the miner to know which stratum protocol it should use. After we connect with the wrong protocol the mining pool may disconnect or apply a temporary ban. So connecting again and trying a different stratum is not a great option. We choose to make our "magic" list as complete as possible but we forgot about MiningRigRentals 😊

Also there is no standard between miners in what they call stratum stratum1 or stratum2... which makes things even more tough.

For ssl connection with MiningRigRentals just write ssl+stratum2://, it should work (let us know if you encounter any issues). For the pools on the 'magic' list (most of them) ssl:// would do.

Cheers,
miniZ

Thank you for that reply!
I know pretty well about that lack of a standard. It took me a considerable amount of research to get all pools and miners working together for ethash with RainbowMiner. So, I am pretty happy about your "magic" list

Good work!

I'll include that ssl+stratum2:// into the miniZ mining module.